With the Champions League quarter-finalists decided, M.E.N Sport looks at the weaknesses of opponents and assesses how difficult each of the teams would be: bayern: Weaknesses : Harder to spot. Bayern are possibly the most complete team in the competition but if pushed their defence is the weakest part of the side. The likes of Daniel van Buyten, Rafinha and Jerome Boateng could be said to be targeted - and Arsenal and City have both managed to win at the Allianz Arena in the last two seasons - realmadrid: Weaknesses : United showed last year that Madrid can on occasion be dodgy defensively and keeping Ronaldo (relatively) quiet can dampen the sides momentum up front. Pepe can also be a problem if he focuses on his theatrics rather than his footballing abilities. PSG: Weaknesses : One thing you would say is we dont really know how good PSG can be. They have not played against a really good team in the competition this season and the French league is the weakest of all of the top divisions in Europe. Could they be caught cold? Barcelona: Weaknesses : As has been pointed out, this Barcelona team is not quite the all-conquering side of previous seasons, and teams worse than United have shown that pressuring the back line can cause the Catalan side problems. Target the defence before youre passed to death. chelsea: Weaknesses : The squad does not possess a striker of real Champions League quality, meaning Chelsea struggle for goals if Hazard and Oscar do not play well. Are Gary Cahill and John Terry (still) good enough at the back for the best attacks? That also remains to be seen. Atletico madrid Weaknesses : In Juanfran and Filipe Luis Atletico possess two flying full-backs, but that can leave gaps to exploit at the back. Atletico have an excellent starting XI but their squad is not as deep as some of the teams. b.dortmund Weaknesses : A few cracks have harmed Dortmunds image this season, both domestically and in Europe. Injuries destabilised their Bundesliga bid and players such as Marco Reus and Ilkay Gundogan have been missing for significant parts of the season - including this weeks loss to Zenit - while Lewandowski is suspended for the first leg of the quarter manchester united: weakness: Many cracks have harmed manchester united this season in EPL.They have been doing well in Europe, but the domestic form that that they possess this season coul hinder their chance for progress.No doubt each team is fancing to be drawn to united since they are the under-dogs
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:57:52 +0000